Listed below are sources of other free instruments that I have used in my compositions and a description of any alterations I made if I created my own custom version. I’m not able to share my custom versions so I will instead recommend these full versions available for download from their original source.
Piano
Linked above is the full version, with 16 velocity layers, hammer sounds and release samples. I created a custom stripped down, smaller version of the library for myself with only 8 velocity layers, no hammer sounds and no release samples.
Guitar
I found this handy when I hurt my thumb and was unable to record myself playing a real guitar. It’s good for strumming and finger picking and has multiple built in strumming rhythms.
Bass Guitar
I’ve tried a few virtual bass guitars and this is the one I use exclusively now. It supports the use of fingers and a pick. Note that it seems to be about 30-40 cents sharp so you might want to add a pitch shift plugin to fix that.
Drum Kit
I started with the above instrument then sampled it so I had individual samples that I could place in my own .sfz based instrument. I then replaced the kick drum and cymbals with other samples and lowered the pitch of the toms by 2 semi-tones creating my own custom drum kit.
Taiko Drums
I found myself typically using more than one drum sample at a time for a bigger sound so I created my own Taiko drums instrument by combining all the samples into one of 4 groups, such that all the samples within a group would always play at the same time. The 4 groups I created are Booms, Hits, Rims, and Crash. So for example, when I hit a key on the keyboard, all the Booms play at the same time to sound like a group of Taiko drummers working together.
is it possible that I can get your modified version of the SSC Taiko Drums?
If you download the original version from here: https://www.schristiancollins.com/vi-percussion.php I can give you my custom .sfz file.You’ll have to make a small change to my .sfz file but I can guide you through that.
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Translation: Thank you so much for the good thing
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Translation: Veb-saytim foydali bo’lganidan xursandman.
Will these files load into my korg pa 700
Thanks a million
If not is there a converter to download to change files
I’d be very surprised if there is a way to make these work in a synthesizer. They are meant to be loaded into a Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) running on Windows, a Mac or perhaps Linux.
I can indeed confirm that the files will load in Linux Mint 21.2 (though this is 3 years too late), as I use Ardour to do it (I’ve loaded them using Sfizz, which took me a second to learn).
It might be 3 years later but your comment might help someone else. Thanks!
If you have it set up properly (I have a YouTube channel with the pseudonym I use with a tutorial to do that), then it should be just fine. Just have sfizz or another SFZ (not SF2) player installed, and load them up there.
a very late answer but at PA700 seems to be able to import SF2 files one could load the SFZ bank in Polyfone (polyphone.fr) or AWave Studio (https://www.fmjsoft.com/awavestudio.html) and export it as SF2.